Donya Aalipour as part of the group exhibition “Touch Nature”, curated by Sabine Fellner at Museum of Contemporary Art Skopje
The exhibition features Austrian & Macedonian artists, exploring the relationship between humans and nature in the age of the Anthropocene. Artistic projects are developed in interdisciplinary collaboration with scientists from a wide range of disciplines who address issues such as economic exploitation of land, increasing soil sealing, the global impact of current consumer behavior and the spread of epidemics but also to explore living
Mehrali Razaghmanesh; One of the 7 Winners at “Talents Contemporains” 14th edition by François Schneider Foundation in France
Reflecting current contemporary creation, the “Talents Contemporains” competition, initiated more than 10 years ago by the François Schneider Foundation, enables the European and international artistic scenes to be explored on the particular theme of water. An original collection has thus been built up, presenting artists who have graduated from art schools as well as atypical self-taught artists. Nearly 90 works now form a singular ensemble that runs counter to certain institutional trends, exhibited both in the art center and increasingly circulating in different regions.
Zakiehe Rahimi at sarv_e_naz_gallery
O Gallery has always sought to maintain strong ties with cities beyond the capital, a commitment evident in its ongoing efforts to feature artists from across the country. This year, we are working even more intentionally to expand our presence in other cities. By organizing exhibitions and events outside Tehran, we aim to foster deeper connections between artists and audiences, while also gaining valuable insights and feedback from diverse local contexts. In line with this ongoing effort, O Gallery is pleased to present a selection of works by Zakiehe Rahimi (b. 1949 Tabriz) in Shiraz, in collaboration with sarv_e_naz_gallery.
Makaan’s first Pop-up Show and Open Studio
Aknoon Group Exhibition Makaan’s first Pop-up Show and Open Studio: Makaan Arts offers a communal hub for Bay Area and visiting CWANA artists. It is a place for creative exchange, for artists to reflect, experiment and collaborate. Makaan’s first pop-up show and open studio with current and upcoming artists in residence opens at MSP studios on March 1st and runs through March 3rd 2025.
On Arash Sedaghatkish’s show by Hoofar Haghighi
… In Arash Sadaghatkish’s recent show at O Gallery, grotesque figures are combined together in a realistic texture, based on lived memory. This range of expression extends to realistic landscapes which have been stained with abstraction through the expressionist strokes of the artist. A kind of disorder has been arranged in a favorable way through the artist's arrangements.
Between Ornament and Structure
“Between Ornament and Structure”, a recent text by Farniyaz Zaker was recently published in “The Textile Museum Journal, which disscus carpets in Modern Art and Architecture.
“The Boundaries of My World,” written by Mohsen Azmoodeh, is about Ali Vaziri’s third solo show, “Territory – To Live,” at O Gallery in Etemad newspaper
Mohsen Azmoodeh reviewed Ali Vaziri's show "Territory - To Live" in No. 5858 of Etemad newspaper, in which he discusses two of Vaziri's main concerns. He considers Vaziri's sculptures to be beyond organic forms and beautiful artifacts, viewing them as works that represent a broader concern.
Ali Nassir at Sevil Dolmaci Dubai’s Group Show “Unreal Realities”
Works from Ali Nassir are currently exhibited in the group show "Unreal Realities"at Sevil Dolmaci Dubai. The exhibition will continue until June 1st. Ali Nassir (b. 1951 Tehran) is presented with his most recent paintings where he creates a harmonious blend of restless memories, chaotic environment and complex issues merged with the intrinsic beauty and joy of life, turning his work into a continuous attempt at expanding this sense of aesthetics. The interplay of form, color, movement and composition in Nassir’s works are meticulously interconnected. Within his paintings, one can encounter urban symbols,
Amir Soghrati in conversation with Ali Nassir
This book, a product of Amir Soghrati’s dialogues with Ali Nasir over the past few years, is an effort to record the emotions, feelings, thoughts and worldview of Ali Nassir as one of the influential artists in the contemporary art history of Iran. Writing and publishing oral history books of contemporary art in Iran, away from memoirs and reminiscences, is a new and essential aspect in the field of visual arts and this book has taken a part to that endeavor.
“Tajrobe” in conversation with Ali Nassir overviews his recent exhibition at O Gallery and Lajevardi Foundation
"Tajrobe" magazine in its 22nd edition, overviews Ali Nassir's body of work in an interview with the artist and an overview on his recent exhibition showcased concurrently by O Gallery and Lajevardi Foundation in June 2023.
O Gallery at Paper Positions Munich 2023
O Gallery is pleased to announce its participation at Paper Positions Munich 2023 with a presentation of works on paper by Ashkan Sanei.
Ashkan Sanei at NADA Curated: Multipolar Promotional Materials
We live in an era where balance has come to represent a kind of utopia; an expression of the desire to find better circumstances for the broadest spectrum of the population. Political resistance has been driven towards opposite poles, reducing our nuanced idiosyncrasies, geographical conditions, diverse doctrines, and interests. Multipolar brings together artworks highlighting income inequality and social, political, and ecological emergencies.
Ali Nassir’s Survey Exhibition at Lajevardi Foundation
The upcoming exhibition will be on display in two parts in O Gallery and Lajevardi Foundation from June 23 to July 21, 2023. O Gallery will focus on showcasing recent works by the artist while Lajevardi Foundation will showcase the artist’s works created between 1980 and 2020 as well as never before exhibited pieces in Iran. A more comprehensive retrospective, co-curated by Hoda Arbabi and Orkideh Daroodi, was originally set to open in TMOCA in the Fall of 2022 but was canceled due to the artist's and both curators' mutual decision.
Ashkan Sanei’s “Archive” series in the collection of Haus Des Papiers
We are pleased to announce that two works from Ashkan Sanei’s “Archives” series is now in the collection of Haus Des Papiers (Berlin’s Paper Museum).
Ali Nassir’s Documentary Screening
O Gallery is thrilled to announce the screening of "Untitled", a portrait documentary that portrays the life of Ali Nassir between 2019 and 2022 in Tehran and Berlin. The film includes interviews with artists and active experts in the art world about Ali Nassir's work and his role in the formation of parallel and progressive worlds in each of these geographical locations. Tehran as his birthplace and the place where he spent his early years and is still in close contact with and Berlin as his residence; a place that gave Nassir the opportunity to find his own aesthetics by focusing on painting. The film includes visits to the artist's studio, glimpses into his shows at his Tehran gallery, the university environment where he studied and taught and candid talks about the driving force of many of his works. The first screening is scheduled for Wednesday June 28th, 5 PM at Iranian Artist Forum's Documentary Cinematheque.
“Enclaves” a solo exhibition by Farniyaz Zaker at Kendrew Barn Gallery
Farniyaz Zaker’s project "Enclaves" revolves around the themes of exclusion and belonging. It explores how our language, clothes and built environment engender controlled and delimited spaces and communities that can both foster and suppress our physical and mental selves.
Espronceda Artist-in-Residence Prize was awarded to Maryam Mohry for a one-month residency in Barcelona
Maryam Mohry is the winner of this year’s Espronceda – Artistic Residency Award, in collaboration with Swab Art Fair. Espronceda offers artistic residencies for international artists and the opportunity to exhibit in Barcelona. The Center also programs concerts, workshops, curated exhibitions and professional meetings with established international artists to diffuse culture and promote education.
Ashkan Sanei in “Drawing Wow 3”
A work by Ashkan Sanei is featured in “Drawing Wow 3”, an exhibition entirely dedicated to drawing. After two editions in Berlin – Drawing Wow 1 (2019) at BCMA and Drawing Wow 2 (2020) at Kunstsaelen – Drawing Wow 3 will now take place in Vienna. The exhibition is curated by artists Anna Gille, Philip Loersch, Tim Plamper, and art historian Sarah Petersen and runs from September 7, 2022 to October 1, 2022. Drawing Wow is a non-commercial artistic platform that is concerned with the long-term and sustainable mediation and linking of both contemporary and classical drawing positions.
Maryam Mohry at NADA Curated titled “Reduction to Satire”
The second edition of NADA Curated—a new series of online exhibitions highlighting artists and art spaces from NADA’s international community through curated thematic presentations—features 21 artists present by 17 galleries. The exhibition titled Reduction to Satire (Reductio ad Satura), will be curated by Fatoş Üstek, independent curator and writer and will launch in August 2022. Reduction to Satire (Reductio ad Satura) is a newly coined term for the NADA Curated series. It is a hybrid term, borne out of the juxtaposition between two distinct approaches of engaging with the truth.
“Greenhouse No. 2; A False Memory” Maryam Mohry’s Installation at Pasio of Mohsen Projects in Collaboration with O Gallery
In “Greenhouse No. 2; A False Memory,” a continuation of her Greenhouse series, Maryam Mohry considers greenhouses as a place for experimenting and playing. The space provides an opportunity to experience nurturing and fabricating as well as recounting and partaking in a conversation. Playful ironies and continuous storylines are the main features of Maryam’s works that have always been created in a fluid and unpretentious fashion due to her cheerful approach and simple materials.
Paper Award’s First Prize Was Awarded to Afshan Daneshvar, with 5 Works Acquired by Haus des Papiers (Berlin’s Paper Museum)
We are delighted to announce that Afshan Daneshvar (b. 1972 Tehran) has been awarded the first prize of “Paper Art Award” for her exceptional works presented by O Gallery at Paper Positions Berlin.
New Approaches to Modern Iranian Art 1950-1979 – Organized by Mohammadreza Mirzaei and Sven Spieker
In recent years, the historical trajectories and global entanglements of Iranian art before the Islamic Revolution have become subject to increasing debate and conversation, resulting, among other things, in a series of high-profile exhibitions. With this in mind, Mohammadreza Mirzaei and Sven Spieker have organized a one-day symposium at the University of California, Santa Barbara that aims to involve emerging scholarships of pre-1979 Iranian art in a discussion about their research. The organizers aim to provide a platform for these scholars to dialogue critically with each other and the invited audience about innovative approaches and methodologies for the study of Iranian art during the period in question.
Ideas for Entering Into the Realm of Beauty
And they are pieces of a long poem that, when put together, embrace you and me and invite us to a heartfelt dialogue by redefining space and matter. Slowly, majestically and steadily.
Mohammad Hassanzadeh’s Book, “Oil: Height of Depth”
"Oil: Height of Depth", a collection of works by Mohammad Hassanzadeh published by Pejman Foundation. The main idea behind "Oil: Height of Depth" project is rooted in the confrontations and transformations in Iran’s southwest after the discovery of oil: historic/geographic configurations that have reminded within human and natural environments that forcefully resisted change, and where traces of this residence appear in different areas like unhealed wounds.
A work by Shideh Tami published in “Reflections, contemporary art of the Middle East and North Africa” at the British Museum
Shideh Tami published in the book “Reflections: contemporary art of the Middle East and North Africa” by the British Museum Press.
“Works by Iranian artist Ashkan Sanei showcased at Drawing Room Madrid” by Tehran Times
"Sanei’s works have been selected by Tehran’s O Gallery for the online exhibition, which will run until May 30.
“In Between Homage and Parody: On Relationships Between the Practices of Bahman Mohassess and Marino Marini” by Mohammadreza Mirzaei
"Bahman Mohassess (1931–2010) is from the generation of Iranian artists who travelled to Italy in the 1950s to study at Italian academies. Mohassess spent time in the Accademia di Belle Arti in Rome, and after returning to Iran in the 1960s, he played a prominent role in the new Iranian art scene. Although he was not Marino Marini’s pupil, Mohassess’s practice demonstrates a special relationship with Marini’s art.
Review on Ameen Moazami’s show “Streets of Tehran” by Alireza Rezaei Aghdam of Herfeh: Honarmand Magazine, Issue number 77
"Painting outdoors, especially in the city, confronts the artist with many different challenges; the most important of which is the increase in the number of variables; such as the change in light and shadow, and the movement of vehicles and people. Transforming the great and crowded atmosphere of the city into a two-dimensional surface is yet another matter that the artist must solve in a short amount of time.
Review on Mohammadreza Mirzaei’s Works by Pooya Karim of Herfeh: Honarmand Issue number 67
Review on Omid Moshksar’s Works by Karim Mirzade Ahari of Herfeh: Honarmand Issue number 67
Review on Mohammad Khalili’s Exhibition at O Gallery by Vahid Hakim of Herfeh: Honarmand Magazine
Alireza Ahmadi Saei of Herfeh Honarmand Magazine Reviews Razieh Sedighian’s Exhibition at O Gallery
Limited Edition Silkscreen Prints by Ali Nassir
5 of Ali Nassir's works available now in silkscreen prints, edition of 13, sponsored by Lajevardi Foundation
Samila Amir Ebrahimi of Herfeh Honarmand Magazine Reviews Mohammad Khalili’s Exhibition at O Gallery
Alireza Rezaee Aghdam of Herfeh Honarmand Magazine Reviews Shahla Hosseini’s Exhibition at O Gallery
Mehran Mohajer of Herfeh Honarmand Magazine Reviews Mohammadreza Mirzaei’s Exhibition at O Gallery
Between Ornament and Structure
“Between Ornament and Structure”, a recent text by Farniyaz Zaker published in “The Textile Museum Journal, which disscus carpets in Modern Art and Architecture.